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Top news and merchandising and marketing trends unfolding with grocery consumer brands in beverages, natural and organic, snacks, condiments and more.

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Real-Time, Hyper-Local Data Helps Retailers and CPGs Navigate Price Inflation

 Sponsored content from our partner Datasembly on Mar. 21, 2022

CPGs need advanced intelligence to guide decisions and strengthen retail partnerships.

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New Instacart Initiative Aims to Amplify Women-Owned CPG Brands

 By Christine LaFave Grace on Mar. 03, 2022

After launching an effort to support Black-owned CPG brands in 2021, Instacart announced a new wave of its Instacart Ads Initiative and a commitment of up to $1 million to support women-owned brands.

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Consumer Confidence Tepid in February as Inflation Concerns Rise

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 22, 2022

"Confidence and consumer spending will continue to face headwinds from rising prices in the coming months," The Conference Board's Lynn Franco said.

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National CPG Brands Outpaced Private Labels in 2021

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 17, 2022

CPGs saw dollar sales growth of 2.7% in 2021—a slowdown from 2020's exceptional growth, but demonstrating continued higher-than-prepandemic consumer demand, IRI and Boston Consulting Group write.

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What's In Game-Day Shopping Baskets (and How Much More It Will Cost)

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 09, 2022

With the Super Bowl mere days away and more Americans planning to host a Big Game gathering this year, grocery retailers and CPG companies alike are hustling to meet consumers’ appetite for celebration and seize the snacking-centric moment.

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Global Cannabis Beverage Market Expected to Reach $2.8 Billion by 2025

By Diane Adam on Jan. 06, 2022

Luxury brand Tonino Lamborghini enters licensing agreement with Flora Growth Corp. to begin manufacturing/distributing CBD coffees.

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How (and Why) Center Store Could Look Different in 2022

By Christine LaFave Grace on Dec. 15, 2021

If stores can free up floor space by reducing inventories of items consumers are increasingly likely to buy online, what new experiences could they create?

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Impossible Foods Closes $500M in New Funding

By Jennifer Strailey on Nov. 23, 2021

California-based company has now raised close to $2 billion since its founding in 2011.

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CPG Demand Tops March 2020 Levels

By Christine LaFave Grace on Nov. 19, 2021

The Consumer Brands Association reports that CPG demand in July and August beat the panic-buying levels seen at the start of the pandemic.

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Rising Wages Aren't Keeping Pace With Inflation

By Christine LaFave Grace on Nov. 10, 2021

Higher prices for goods and services and a small dip in workweek hours meant that real average weekly earnings for U.S. workers fell in October.

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